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Old 08-29-2011, 03:13 AM
Lakie is offline Lakie

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Quote from Margaret Mead
Never doubt that a small group of committed people can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has
A famous quote from a somewhat controversial figure..

Publishing a theroy isnt so much about pushing the adoption of the theroy, its about getting people to think, its about raising public consciouness, so good on you for posting it.

John Rawls didnt really expect an overhaul of human morality when he wrote up A Theroy of Justice, yet that book flipped the political philosophy on its head and is still debated to this day.

Id suggest reading some books on political and economic philsophy, the most famous in their fields (IMO) are:

A Theroy of Justice by John Rawls
Anarchy, State and Utopia by Robert Nozick published in Direct opposition to the above
Both of these are more on the social philosophy side of things...

The End of History and the Last Man by Francis Fukuyama and
The Clash of Civilizations by Samuel Huntington
Deal with the political systems and how some come to dominance over others

And for economic philosophy id suggest looking the views of John Maynard Keynes, hes famous for "The General Theroy of Emplyment, Interest and Money" but id suggest reading about it first rather than dive right in because economic philosophy can be a screwy thing to get your head around...

Probably the most famous of critics of Keynes is Milton Friedman and von Hayek...
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